Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:22.310314+00:00
| rank | school | conference | record | win_pct | cors | mov | sos | expected_wins | wins_vs_expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.48 | 21.5 | 18.82 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Cornell | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 28.4 | 39.5 | 16.05 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | Border | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 26.99 | 10.67 | 14 | 2.63 | -0.63 |
| 4 | Stanford | Pacific | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.7 | 13.67 | 11.29 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 5 | Michigan | Western | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.54 | 24.67 | 9.2 | 2.96 | 0.04 |
| 6 | Texas | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.45 | 14 | 10.95 | 2.68 | 0.32 |
| 7 | Clemson | Southern | 4-0-0 | 1 | 26.36 | 30.5 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Hardin-Simmons | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 26.26 | 21.33 | 7.63 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Rice | Southwest | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.98 | 24 | 8.04 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Ole Miss | SEC | 4-0-0 | 1 | 25.82 | 21.25 | 5.82 | 3.88 | 0.12 |
| 11 | Mississippi State | SEC | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 25.77 | 13.33 | 8.02 | 2.88 | -0.88 |
| 12 | Iowa | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.67 | 32 | 5.96 | 1.98 | 0.02 |
| 13 | Navy | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.56 | 10.67 | 7.94 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 14 | Fordham | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 25.53 | 13 | 5.83 | 1.85 | 0.15 |
| 15 | Texas A&M | Southwest | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.04 | 22.67 | 0.91 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 16 | Tennessee | SEC | 3-0-0 | 1 | 25.01 | 38.33 | -1.15 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Kentucky | SEC | 3-0-1 | 0.75 | 24.95 | 25 | 0.87 | 3.91 | -0.91 |
| 18 | USC | Pacific | 1-0-2 | 0.33 | 24.92 | 2 | 22.87 | 1.93 | -0.93 |
| 19 | Washington State | Pacific | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.9 | 5.33 | 6.9 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.79 | 12 | 5.21 | 1.64 | 0.36 |
| 21 | George Washington | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 24.76 | 7 | 4.34 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| 22 | Minnesota | Western | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 1.46 | 0.54 |
| 23 | Villanova | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.62 | 33.5 | 0.5 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 24 | Pennsylvania | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.57 | 47 | -1.94 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Auburn | SEC | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 24.43 | 6.67 | 3.79 | 2.25 | -0.25 |
| 26 | Columbia | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 24.25 | 14.5 | 1.79 | 1.97 | 0.03 |
| 27 | Oregon State | Pacific | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 23.84 | 22.33 | -4.3 | 3 | -1 |
| 28 | Penn State | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.76 | 6.5 | 2.05 | 1.68 | 0.32 |
| 29 | Boston College | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.74 | 24.33 | -4.89 | 2.87 | 0.13 |
| 30 | SMU | Southwest | 2-0-1 | 0.67 | 23.53 | 5.33 | -0.44 | 2.4 | -0.4 |
| 31 | Virginia | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.48 | 16.67 | -4.63 | 2.85 | 0.15 |
| 32 | Georgetown | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 23.39 | 31.33 | -7.41 | 2.98 | 0.02 |
| 33 | Duquesne | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 23.03 | 16 | -6.42 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| 34 | Detroit Mercy | FBS Independents | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.75 | 31.67 | -10 | 2.99 | 0.01 |
| 35 | Alabama | SEC | 3-0-0 | 1 | 22.62 | 25.67 | -10 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Sewanee | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.58 | 34 | -10 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 37 | Miami | FBS Independents | 2-0-0 | 1 | 22.28 | 23 | -10 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Wake Forest | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 21.69 | 17.75 | 12.53 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 39 | North Carolina | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 20.79 | 16.25 | 12.88 | 3.64 | -0.64 |
| 40 | Ohio State | Western | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.79 | 7.67 | 17.21 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 41 | TCU | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.45 | 16 | 10.29 | 2.76 | -0.76 |
| 42 | Arizona | Border | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 19.05 | 19.33 | 6.81 | 2.85 | -0.85 |
| 43 | NC State | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.91 | 10.33 | 13.7 | 2.6 | -0.6 |
| 44 | Tulsa | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.88 | 9.33 | 18.71 | 2.26 | -0.26 |
| 45 | Santa Clara | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.86 | 7.67 | 11.56 | 2.45 | -0.45 |
| 46 | Furman | Southern | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.65 | 16.67 | 12.84 | 2.78 | -0.78 |
| 47 | Georgia | SEC | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.61 | 23.33 | 4.17 | 2.84 | -0.84 |
| 48 | Richmond | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.56 | 12.75 | -5.13 | 3.68 | -0.68 |
| 49 | VMI | Southern | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 18.3 | 7.25 | 0.82 | 3.33 | -0.33 |
| 50 | Arkansas | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.26 | 8 | 14.12 | 2.47 | -0.47 |
| 51 | Colgate | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 18.06 | 9 | 13.16 | 2.36 | -0.36 |
| 52 | Denver | Mountain State | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.79 | 0.33 | 22.8 | 1.55 | 0.45 |
| 53 | Arizona State | Border | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 17.69 | 1 | 4.62 | 2.19 | 0.81 |
| 54 | Washington | Pacific | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.67 | 8.67 | 11.13 | 2.66 | -0.66 |
| 55 | Baylor | Southwest | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.66 | 2.67 | 6.53 | 1.83 | 0.17 |
| 56 | Holy Cross | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.46 | 7 | 9.75 | 2.32 | -0.32 |
| 57 | Oklahoma State | Missouri Valley | 2-1-1 | 0.5 | 17.46 | 9.25 | 7.88 | 3.19 | -1.19 |
| 58 | Syracuse | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.43 | 9 | 10 | 2.18 | -0.18 |
| 59 | Utah | Mountain State | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.38 | 3 | 16.67 | 1.85 | 0.15 |
| 60 | Manhattan | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.23 | 18.67 | 1.68 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 61 | Creighton | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.12 | 10.33 | -2.02 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| 62 | Missouri | Big 6 | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17.06 | 6.33 | 6.93 | 1.99 | 0.01 |
| 63 | Brown | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 17 | 9 | -2.21 | 2.36 | -0.36 |
| 64 | Hampden-Sydney | FBS Independents | 3-1-0 | 0.75 | 16.93 | 4 | -3.67 | 2.89 | 0.11 |
| 65 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.77 | 17.67 | -7.21 | 2.79 | -0.79 |
| 66 | Loyola Marymount | FBS Independents | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 16.44 | 4 | 2.07 | 2.28 | -0.28 |
| 67 | Colorado State | Mountain State | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 15.08 | 8 | 9.99 | 2.74 | -1.74 |
| 68 | Duke | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 15.07 | 5 | 22.01 | 1.59 | -0.59 |
| 69 | Colorado | Mountain State | 2-1-0 | 0.67 | 14.95 | -1.67 | 11.77 | 1.29 | 0.71 |
| 70 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 14.85 | 6 | 19.42 | 2.63 | -1.63 |
| 71 | LSU | SEC | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 14.42 | 5.25 | 12.67 | 2.8 | -0.8 |
| 72 | Georgia Tech | SEC | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 14.26 | 10.5 | 5.08 | 1.61 | -0.61 |
| 73 | Oklahoma | Big 6 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.9 | -0.5 | 19.43 | 0.97 | 0.03 |
| 74 | Saint Mary's (CA) | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.89 | 6.5 | 9.53 | 1.79 | -0.79 |
| 75 | The Citadel | Southern | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.86 | 8 | 2.62 | 1.41 | -0.41 |
| 76 | Illinois | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.34 | 12.5 | -4.96 | 1.85 | -0.85 |
| 77 | Princeton | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 13.23 | -2.5 | 19.59 | 0.63 | 0.37 |
| 78 | William & Mary | Southern | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 13.18 | 5.25 | 10.77 | 2.81 | -0.81 |
| 79 | Kansas | Big 6 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.85 | 3.5 | 20.32 | 1.47 | -0.47 |
| 80 | Carnegie Mellon | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.82 | 1.5 | 1.76 | 1.18 | -0.18 |
| 81 | UTEP | Border | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.78 | 2.25 | 2.75 | 2.37 | -0.37 |
| 82 | Michigan State | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.71 | 3 | 19.99 | 1.23 | -0.23 |
| 83 | Iowa State | Big 6 | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 2.75 | 0.32 | 2.43 | -0.43 |
| 84 | Gonzaga | FBS Independents | 2-2-0 | 0.5 | 12.4 | 9.25 | -1.91 | 3.44 | -1.44 |
| 85 | Wisconsin | Western | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.19 | -2 | 9.44 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 86 | Wyoming | Mountain State | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 12.18 | -5.33 | 12.29 | 0.17 | 0.83 |
| 87 | Marquette | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 12.11 | 1 | 19.73 | 1.04 | -0.04 |
| 88 | BYU | Mountain State | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.92 | 4.67 | 8.14 | 2.39 | -1.39 |
| 89 | Washington University (St. Louis) | Missouri Valley | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.64 | 13.5 | -1.77 | 1.95 | -0.95 |
| 90 | Pittsburgh | FBS Independents | 1-1-1 | 0.33 | 11.28 | -5.67 | 21.19 | 0.82 | 0.18 |
| 91 | Harvard | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 11.16 | -6.5 | 7.46 | 0.32 | 0.68 |
| 92 | Nebraska | Big 6 | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.82 | 0 | 11.13 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | West Virginia | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 10.54 | 10 | 11.88 | 2.41 | -1.41 |
| 94 | Army | FBS Independents | 1-1-0 | 0.5 | 10.26 | -22 | 8.31 | 0.12 | 0.88 |
| 95 | New Mexico | Border | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.86 | 5.67 | 10.37 | 2.43 | -1.43 |
| 96 | Purdue | Western | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.56 | 4 | 4.93 | 1.98 | -0.98 |
| 97 | Dartmouth | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 9.37 | 6.67 | 0.01 | 2.14 | -1.14 |
| 98 | Kansas State | Big 6 | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.25 | -2.33 | 4.35 | 1.22 | -0.22 |
| 99 | Oregon | Pacific | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.14 | -4.33 | 9.69 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 100 | Montana | Pacific | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 7.02 | -5.67 | 13.18 | 0.74 | 0.26 |
| 101 | New York University | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.77 | -3.33 | -2.95 | 1.19 | -0.19 |
| 102 | Florida | SEC | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.66 | -8.33 | 11.49 | 0.58 | 0.42 |
| 103 | California | Pacific | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 6.54 | -13.67 | 21.19 | 0.13 | 0.87 |
| 104 | Virginia Tech | Southern | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 3.35 | 2.12 | -1.12 |
| 105 | New Mexico State | Border | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 5.5 | -13 | 2.12 | 0.09 | 0.91 |
| 106 | Centenary (LA) | FBS Independents | 1-2-0 | 0.33 | 4.99 | -15.67 | 15.67 | 0.23 | 0.77 |
| 107 | Washington and Lee | Southern | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.8 | -8.5 | 19.82 | 0.93 | 0.07 |
| 108 | Davidson | Southern | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 4.22 | -12 | 11.57 | 0.43 | 0.57 |
| 109 | Northern Arizona | Border | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.67 | -16 | 5.85 | 0.45 | 0.55 |
| 110 | Washburn | Missouri Valley | 1-3-0 | 0.25 | 3.63 | -16 | -1.61 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
| 111 | UCLA | Pacific | 0-3-0 | 0 | -1.54 | -4.33 | 24.82 | 0.45 | -0.45 |
| 112 | Indiana | Western | 0-2-0 | 0 | -1.71 | -6.5 | 11.61 | 0.32 | -0.32 |
| 113 | Saint Louis | Missouri Valley | 0-2-1 | 0 | -1.78 | -9 | 0.28 | 0.57 | -0.57 |
| 114 | Utah State | Mountain State | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.4 | -22.5 | -0.37 | 0 | 0 |
| 115 | Tulane | SEC | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.47 | -13 | 24.45 | 0.34 | -0.34 |
| 116 | Temple | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.48 | -13.5 | 24.34 | 0.23 | -0.23 |
| 117 | South Carolina | Southern | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.78 | -18.5 | 23.61 | 0.19 | -0.19 |
| 118 | Maryland | Southern | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.79 | -21.67 | 19.91 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| 119 | Yale | FBS Independents | 0-2-0 | 0 | -2.84 | -24 | 23.2 | 0.11 | -0.11 |
| 120 | Idaho | Pacific | 0-3-0 | 0 | -2.98 | -29 | 15.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 121 | San Francisco | FBS Independents | 0-1-0 | 0 | -3.16 | -27 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 |